Inga Gurgenidze
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Inga Gurgenidze | |
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Full name | Inga Zurabovna Gurgenidze |
Native name | ინგა ზურაბის ასული გურგენიძე (Georgian) Инга Зурабовна Гургенидзе (Russian) |
Other names | Inga Nikitina |
Born | Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia | 23 April 2009
Height | 1.46 m (4 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Georgia |
Coach | Liudmila Gafarova |
Skating club | RSSHOR of Figure Skating |
Inga Zurabovna Gurgenidze (Georgian: ინგა ზურაბის ასული გურგენიძე, ‹See Tfd›Russian: Инга Зурабовна Гургенидзе; born 23 April 2009), born Inga Zurabovna Nikitina,[1] is a Russian-born Georgian figure skater who represents Georgia in women's singles. She is the 2022 JGP Italy bronze medalist, the 2022 Denis Ten Memorial junior champion, the 2022 Bosphorus Cup junior silver medalist, and the 2023 Dragon Trophy junior champion. She finished within the top ten at the 2023 World Junior Championships. She is the twenty-third woman in history to have successfully landed a triple Axel jump in competition.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Gurgenidze was born on 23 April 2009 in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. She competed under her mother's surname (Nikitina) until the 2021–22 season when she changed it to her father's surname (Gurgenidze).[1]
Career
[edit]2022–23 season
[edit]In August 2022, it was confirmed that Russian-born Gurgenidze would be representing Georgia in international competition, having never previously skated for Russia internationally.[1] She made her international debut on the Junior Grand Prix series. She began her season with a fourth-place finish at 2022 JGP Latvia.[3] At her second even, the 2022 JGP Italy, Gurgenidze won the bronze medal.[4]
Gurgenidze then went on to win gold at the 2022 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, silver at the 2022 Bosphorus Cup, and another gold at the 2023 Dragon Trophy. She finished the season at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta. After placing a disappointing nineteenth in the short program, Gurgenidze managed to skate a solid free program, placing seventh in that segment of the competition and finishing in ninth place overall.[3]
2023–24 season
[edit]In her second Junior Grand Prix season, Gurgenidze came ninth at the 2023 JGP Hungary and sixth at the 2023 JGP Armenia. She successfully defended her gold medal at the 2023 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and then won gold at the 2023 Bosphorus Cup to conclude the fall season.[3]
Gurgenidze represented Georgia in the women's event at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, coming fifth. At the 2024 World Junior Championships, she placed twelfth.[3]
2024–25 season
[edit]Gurgenidze began the season by competing on the 2024-25 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, finishing fifth at 2024 JGP Turkey.[3]
Programs
[edit]Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2024–2025 [5] |
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2023–2024 [6] |
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2022–2023 [7] |
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2021–2022 [8][9] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]JGP: Junior Grand Prix
For Georgia
[edit]International: Junior[3] | |||
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Event | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24–25 |
Youth Olympics | 5th | ||
Junior Worlds | 9th | 12th | |
JGP Armenia | C | 6th | |
JGP China | TBD | ||
JGP Hungary | 9th | ||
JGP Italy | 3rd | ||
JGP Latvia | 4th | ||
JGP Turkey | 5th | ||
Bosphorus Cup | 2nd | 1st | |
Denis Ten Memorial | 1st | 1st | |
Dragon Trophy | 1st | ||
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled |
For Russia
[edit]National[10] | |
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Event | 21–22 |
Russian Jr. Champ. | 15th |
Russian Cup Final | 10th |
Russian Cup 2nd Stage | 6th |
Russian Cup 4th Stage | 3rd |
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew |
Detailed results
[edit]Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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Total | TSS | 190.52 | 2022 JGP Italy |
Short program | TSS | 63.04 | 2022 JGP Italy |
TES | 37.34 | 2022 JGP Italy | |
PCS | 26.73 | 2024 World Junior Championships | |
Free skating | TSS | 127.48 | 2022 JGP Italy |
TES | 69.56 | 2022 JGP Italy | |
PCS | 58.92 | 2022 JGP Italy |
Personal best highlighted in bold.
For Georgia
[edit]2024–25 season | ||||
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Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
October 9–12, 2024 | 2024 JGP China | TBD | ||
September 18–21, 2024 | 2024 JGP Turkey | 6 59.93 |
5 111.03 |
5 170.96 |
2023–24 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
Feb. 26 – Mar. 3, 2024 | 2024 World Junior Championships | 7 62.28 |
16 110.59 |
12 172.87 |
January 28–30, 2024 | 2024 Winter Youth Olympics | 7 57.99 |
6 115.42 |
5 173.41 |
Nov. 27 – Dec. 3, 2022 | 2023 Bosphorus Cup | 1 64.49 |
1 111.83 |
1 176.52 |
November 2–5, 2023 | 2023 Denis Ten Memorial | 3 54.22 |
1 109.54 |
1 163.76 |
October 4–7, 2023 | 2023 JGP Armenia | 6 55.47 |
5 110.43 |
6 165.90 |
September 20–23, 2023 | 2023 JGP Hungary | 13 54.32 |
8 105.53 |
9 159.85 |
2022–23 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
Feb. 27 – Mar. 5, 2023 | 2023 World Junior Championships | 19 52.02 |
7 120.48 |
9 172.50 |
February 9–12, 2023 | 2023 Dragon Trophy | 4 53.73 |
1 124.09 |
1 177.82 |
Nov. 29 – Dec. 3, 2022 | 2023 Bosphorus Cup | 2 52.58 |
1 118.47 |
2 171.05 |
October 26–29, 2022 | 2022 Denis Ten Memorial | 1 63.62 |
1 110.56 |
1 174.18 |
October 12–15, 2022 | 2022 JGP Italy | 4 63.04 |
3 127.48 |
3 190.52 |
September 7–10, 2022 | 2022 JGP Latvia | 5 58.80 |
4 121.48 |
4 180.28 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kuznetsov, Dmitry. "Российская фигуристка сменила гражданство. Ради карьеры она будет выступать под другой фамилией" [The Russian figure skater changed her citizenship. For the sake of her career, she will perform under a different name.]. Sport Express (in Russian). Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Dragon Trophy 2023 Judges Details Per Skater, Women's Free Program" (PDF). International Skating Union.
- ^ a b c d e f "GEO-Inga GURGENIDZE". Skating Scores.
- ^ "Skaters grab last seven tickets for ISU Junior Grand Prix Final at JGP Egna-Neumarkt". International Skating Union. October 17, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
- ^ "Inga GURGENIDZE: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Inga GURGENIDZE: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Inga GURGENIDZE: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Девушки. Короткая программа. Финал Кубка России по фигурному катанию 2021/22". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "Девушки. Произвольная программа. Финал Кубка России по фигурному катанию 2021/22". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "Инга Гургенидзе" [Inga Gurgenidze]. figure-skaters.ru (in Russian).
- ^ "Competition Results: Inga GURGENIDZE". International Skating Union.